Terminological Exactitude Quotes

#1. Man has no permanent and unchangeable I. Every thought, every mood, every desire, every sensation says "I." And in each case it seems to be taken for granted that this I belongs to the Whole, to the whole man, and that a thought, a desire, or an aversion is expressed by this Whole.

P.D. Ouspensky

#2. A shocking occurrence ceases to be shocking when it occurs daily.

Alexander Chase

#3. Global consciousness is that thing responsible for deciding that pots containing decaffeinated coffee should be orange.

Danny Hillis

#4. That passed the time. It would have passed in any case. Yes, but not so rapidly.

Samuel Beckett

#5. This poem has been called obscure. I refuse to believe that it is obscurer than pity, violence, or suffering. But being a poem, not a lifetime, it is more compressed.

Dylan Thomas

#6. Turkish authorities replied with a simple message: You stole the statue - we're keeping our foot.

Dan Brown

#7. One of the coolest things with the Internet is that it is used by the entire population - as part of education and just on a daily basis for communication. I think that has been one of the coolest technologies that has been developed.

Anousheh Ansari

#8. Good old-fashioned, puritanical work guilt is, for me, a better colleague than any Muse. If I reach my weekly word target by Friday afternoon, then the weekend is guilt-free.

Jim Crace

#9. Want to snatch a day from the manacles of boredom? Do overgenerous deeds, acts beyond reimbursement. Kindness without compensation. Do a deed for which you cannot be repaid.

Max Lucado

#10. They're such hierarchical things, film sets, they're sort of mini societies. Often they're incredibly political places.

Eddie Redmayne